The definition mentioned below is Adjective meaning in Urdu. An adjective is a word that shows the quality of a noun or pronoun. Examples of adjectives are long, short, red, black, etc.
وہ لفظ جو کسی اسم یا ضمیر کی کیفیت کو ظاہر کرتا ہو اسے صفت کہتے ہیں۔ صفت کی مثالیں لمبی، مختصر، سیاہ، سرخ، وغیرہ ہیں۔
Degrees of Adjectives
There are three degrees of adjectives:
- Absolute degree of adjective (Tall)
- Comparative degree of adjective (Taller)
- Superlative degree of adjective (Tallest)
Absolute Degree modifies one noun or pronoun.
Examples: short, clear, intelligent, heavy, successful
Comparative Degree modifies and compares two nouns or pronouns.
Examples: shorter, clearer, more intelligent, heavier, more successful
Superlative Degree modifies and compares more than two nouns or pronouns.
Examples: shortest, clearest, most intelligent, heaviest, most successful
The coming section explains degrees of Adjective meaning in Urdu:
مطلق ڈگری ایک اسم یا ضمیر میں ترمیم کرتی ہے۔
تقابلی ڈگری دو اسموں یا ضمیروں میں ترمیم اور موازنہ کرتی ہے۔
Superlative ڈگری دو سے زیادہ اسموں یا ضمیروں میں ترمیم اور موازنہ کرتی ہے۔
: Examples of Adjectives in sentences
.This is a fantastic game
.You are a brave boy
.Sara is a naughty girl
.I like the red color
.My mother is a hardworking woman
In the above sentences, fantastic, brave, naughty, red, and hardworking are adjectives.
Adjective of quality:
Adjectives of quality refer to the kind, degree, or quality of something. They are also known as descriptive adjectives. An adjective of quality gives more information about the quality, state, or action of a noun or a pronoun. To know about an adjective of quality, we ask the question ‘of what kind’ to a noun or a pronoun.
Adjective of quality Examples:
He is a clever child.
You are a nice guy.
China is a developed country.
Aleena is a beautiful girl.
My teacher is an honest person.
This is a heavy bag.
Nasir has a black dog.
She is an intelligent girl.
Lahore is a beautiful city.
The underlined words in the above sentences are examples of adjectives of quality.
Adjective of quantity:
Adjectives of quantity refer to how many or how much of something. The adjective of quantity is used with nouns. To get the adjective of quantity, we ask how much? to a noun or pronoun. These adjectives telling the quantity inform us about the amount of nouns but they do not tell us the exact number. When the exact number is not needed, the adjective of quantity is used.
Examples of Adjective of quantity:
I got some notebooks.
They drank enough water.
He gave all his belongings.
He has no qualifications.
We have no faith in him.
You did not take any books.
She asked him to give half the material.
Many students were present today.
I have completed most of my work.
(The underlined words in the above sentences are examples of adjectives of quantity)
Adjective of Number:
The adjective of number tells about the exact quantity of a noun. To get the adjective of number, we ask, “How many?”
Adjective of Number Examples:
1. I have 5 students.
2. They have four apples.
3. I have three pencils.
4. They have twenty cupboards.
5. She has 1 chair.
6. You have three blankets.
7. She has three rings.
8. I have learned 9 chapters.
9. They have ten employees.
10. She buys seventy oranges.
Interrogative Adjectives:
An interrogative adjective, also known as an interrogative determiner, modifies a noun by asking a question. The interrogative adjectives in English are ‘what,’ ‘which,’ and ‘whose
:Interrogative Adjectives Examples
Which color do you like?
Whose bag is this?
What town did she move to?
The underlined words in the above sentences are interrogative adjectives.
Adjectives Exercises:
Identify the adjectives in the given sentences:
- You need a new bag.
- She cleared a difficult exam.
- I need 2 cups of coffee.
- They prepared a great project.
- Ahmed has seven balls.
- The woman made a clear statement.
- So many people were gathered in a big mall.
- They need twenty beds.
- Much effort is needed to solve this complex issue.
- Enough money is required for this financial progress.
- More effort is required.
- Most of the people participated in the ongoing session.
- The clever monkey ate all the delicious cookies.
- No progress is expected.
- She buys 10 dresses.
Frequently Asked Questions:
Q1: What is a distributive adjective?
Ans: A distributive adjective is a type of adjective that denotes the group members individually. For instance, the word ‘each’ is a distributive adjective in the sentence:
‘Each person got their lunch’.
The word ‘every’ is a distributive adjective in the sentence:
He gave a bone to every dog at the park.
The most commonly used distributive adjectives are:
- each
- every
- either
- neither
- any
- both
Q2: What are compound adjectives?
Ans: Compound adjectives are formed when combining two or more adjectives to modify the same noun. These words should be hyphenated to avoid any confusion or ambiguity.
For example:
- Diana submitted a 10-page document.
- She adopted a three-year-old cat.
In the above sentences, the underlined words are compound adjectives.
The Final Words:
Adjectives are the words that add meaning to the nouns or pronouns. Adjectives have various types. These are adjectives of quality, quantity, number, distributive adjectives, compound adjectives, and so on.
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